Levi Johnston, Sage of Resignation

By Megan Garber   Jul 10, 2009 at 09:07 AM

For the past six days, the national punditocracy has shaken its head, tossed its hands, and joined together in a... More

Talking Point$ Memo

By Megan Garber   Jul 6, 2009 at 03:46 PM

TPM is getting its first outside funding: an injection of between $500,000 and $1 million that comes courtesy of ur-entrepreneur... More

Do It Tuesday!

On Jackson’s day, the mice should play

By Megan Garber   Jul 6, 2009 at 10:45 AM

From: stu@mice_advice.comDate: July 6, 2009 10:32:18 AM EDTTo: clientlist@mice_advice.comSubject: Do It Tuesday! To our valued clients: I apologize for... More

Gibbs: “I Seem to Have Forgotten My Amex”

By Megan Garber   Jul 2, 2009 at 04:48 PM

Guess what came up at today's White House press briefing? Here's a clue: "Was anyone from the White House invited... More

The Tweetest Taboo

By Megan Garber   Jul 2, 2009 at 04:14 PM

So the powers that tweet--Biz Stone, Ev Williams, et al--have applied to trademark one of their contributions to mass culture.... More

Washington Post All Access Fire Sale!

By Megan Garber   Jul 2, 2009 at 03:11 PM

So what are we calling this thing, FlierGate? WhineAndDineGate? SpiritedYesConfrontationalNoGate? Regardless, behold the affair's inevitable--and quite funny--parody: More

The Long and Winding Rohde

By Megan Garber   Jul 2, 2009 at 12:16 PM

On a day of flurries, some happier news: kidnapped New York Times reporter has had his homecoming at the Times... More

“Our Independence from Advertisers or Sponsors Is Inviolable”

By Megan Garber   Jul 2, 2009 at 12:06 PM

Michael Calderone has the indignant-toned memo WaPo executive editor Marcus Brauchli issued to the paper's staff earlier today in response... More

Ezra Klein Says It All

By Megan Garber   Jul 1, 2009 at 12:28 AM

To quote a tweet Ezra Klein just posted to his Twitter feed: "You know who I wish I had written... More

L’Affaire Froomkin, as Told by Froomkin

Froomkin and Rosen on accountability, impartiality, and the dangers of the journalistic lobotomy

By Megan Garber   Jun 30, 2009 at 05:58 PM

Jay Rosen calls it "the Froomkin kissoff." Others call it, less colorfully, "l'affaire Froomkin." Many call it politically motivated. Some... More

Tumulty: Presidential Press Conferences Have Always Been “of Very Little Value”

By Megan Garber   Jun 30, 2009 at 03:03 PM

During a panel on--yes--the new media landscape (or, "How the Internet Ecosystem Can Improve Journalism") at the Personal Democracy Forum... More

#Dickwhisperer: A History

The tussle that makes us all look “pathetic”

By Megan Garber   Jun 29, 2009 at 11:16 AM

Twitter, as of yesterday afternoon, has a new a new hashtag: #Dickwhisperer. Nope, not a typo: #Dickwhisperer. This being a... More

Braking News

End breaking-news alerts delivered through e-mail? Not so fast

By Megan Garber   Jun 26, 2009 at 05:23 PM

Traditional news got beat yesterday. First, the professional celebrity-stalkers over at TMZ broke the news--a full hour before any other... More

Jackson, in Stipple

By Megan Garber   Jun 26, 2009 at 05:23 PM

The WSJ's Speakeasy blog takes a look back at Michael Jackson's stipple-drawings-through-the-years: More

Crowdsourcing…Satire

By Megan Garber   Jun 26, 2009 at 10:35 AM

On the occasion of the announcement of Dick Cheney's book deal, The Washington Post is inviting its readers to offer... More